Request a quote (RFQ)

Requests a firm, expiring quote for the client’s enrolled execution option. The quote can be accepted to book a trade. Balance is not checked at RFQ time — only at acceptance.

Idempotency: none — RFQs are side-effect-free; clients may fire multiple and accept only one.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token obtained via the login flow.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

sellCurrencystringRequired

Currency the client gives up (ISO 4217).

buyCurrencystringRequired

Currency the client receives (ISO 4217).

sideenumRequired

sell — amount is the sell leg. buy — amount is the buy leg.

Allowed values:

amountstringRequired

Positive decimal string.

Response

A single firm quote active until expiresAt.

quoteIdstring

statusenum

Allowed values:

sellCurrencystring

buyCurrencystring

sellAmountstring

Both legs populated regardless of side.

buyAmountstring

ratestring

1 sellCurrency = <rate> buyCurrency

sideenum

Which leg was fixed at RFQ time.

Allowed values:

createdAtdatetime

expiresAtdatetime

Quote is acceptable strictly before this time.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

404

Not Found Error

$	curl -X POST https://api.crisscross.money/v1/quotes \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"sellCurrency": "USD",
>	"buyCurrency": "NGN",
>	"side": "sell",
>	"amount": "10000.00"
>	}'

1	{
2	"quoteId": "qut_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
3	"status": "active",
4	"sellCurrency": "USD",
5	"buyCurrency": "NGN",
6	"sellAmount": "10000.00",
7	"buyAmount": "16750000.00",
8	"rate": "1675.00",
9	"side": "sell",
10	"createdAt": "2026-04-21T14:14:55Z",
11	"expiresAt": "2026-04-21T14:15:30Z"
12	}